HITOP Goals Align with NHIN Use Cases.

1. Health Information Technology Ontology Program (HITOP)Semantic Interoperability Leads Transition from NHIN-AHIC Pioneering to Next StepsReview & Recommendations for ONC-FHA Health Information Technology Ontology Program

2. HITOP Goals Align with NHIN Use Cases. • Accelerate Adoption of Electronic Health Records. • Ensure Security & Privacy in Biosurveillance. • Provide for Consumer-Driven Healthcare. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

3. HITOP Goals Drive Pragmatic Solutions through Semantic Interoperability that • Improves Efficiency Throughout Healthcare System. • Improves Accuracy of Diagnoses. • Improves Timeliness of Treatment. • Increases Prompt Payment by Reducing Billing Questions. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

4. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Semantic Interoperability (SI) Working Group. • Tasked with Reporting on State of HIT Improvement. • Tasked with Overseeing Pilot Projects Aimed at Specific Measurable Objectives. • Two Semantic Interoperability Pilot Projects. • Extend Existing NHIN SI Translation and Mediation Services Bureau. • Extend Existing SI Service-Oriented Architecture Collaboratory. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

5. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend NHIN Prototype SI Component: Terminology Services Bureau (TSB) Health Information Technology Ontology Program

6. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend NHIN SI TSB Health Information Technology Ontology Program

7. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend NHIN SI TSB Health Information Technology Ontology Program

8. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend SI Service-Oriented Architecture Collaboratory: Web Services Registry (SI-SOA Registry) • Emergency Management & Health Informatics Domains • Registry of Existing & Emerging Standards • Registry of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) • Registry of Product/Service Providers whose Products/Services Implement Standards • Semantic Services Interface for: • Advanced Search; • Data Model Comparison; • Authoritative Guidance for Implementation; • Pre-Implementation Terminology Remediation; and, • Paid Services such as Object Libraries for Standards Health Information Technology Ontology Program

9. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend SI Service-Oriented SI-SOA Registry Health Information Technology Ontology Program

10. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Extend SI Service-Oriented SI-SOA Registry Health Information Technology Ontology Program

11. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • HIT Investment as % of Total Shows Gap. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

12. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • CITL HIEI Taxonomy of IT adoption -- 4 Levels Health Information Technology Ontology Program

13. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Opportunity to Advance to Level 4 Quickly. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

14. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Order of Magnitude Organizational Improvement. 1st Order Organization bookshelves, arranged in alphabetical order by Author, but not by Subject. Similar to flat file or hierarchical database. 2nd Order Organization like a card catalog in library, where you can search by Author, Title, Subject, Article, etc. Similar to relational database. 3rd Order Organization aggregates data from many places at once and user can sort and organize data in any way to dynamically relate information. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

15. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Opportunity to Advance to 3rd Order Organization. Health Information Technology Ontology Program

16. HITOP Suggests Next Steps • Opportunity to Do Both AND Save on Future Costs! Health Information Technology Ontology Program

17. HITOP Goals Drive Pragmatic Solutions through Semantic Interoperability that • Improve Efficiency Throughout Healthcare System. • Improve Accuracy of Diagnoses. • Improve Timeliness of Treatment. • Increase Prompt Payment by Reducing Billing Questions. Health Information Technology Ontology Program